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Ahmadinejad urges promotion of peace under the light of justice

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Jan 14, IRNA
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Saturday that Iran intends to promote peace and tranquility for everyone under the light of `justice' and `spirituality'.

Briefing the media for the second time on the government's foreign policy, he added that an active foreign policy, which is high on the agenda, is being pursued by the government.

"If sustainable peace and tranquility is to be secured in the world, this will not be materialized unless it is based upon `justice' and `spirituality'.

"A peace imposed through swords as well as nuclear, chemical and biological weapons will last long. A peace based upon looting, discriminatory decisions and unjust progress does not make sense," he added.

The president noted that those attempting to attain welfare and make progress by disregarding justice and spirituality and without worshiping the God Almighty over the past 200 years have failed.

Turning to the fact that the perfection of human community is possible under the light of justice and spirituality, he stressed that politics, economy and culture without ethics turn the world into a hell for the humanity.

He referred to the wars, tyranny and injustice witnessed at various parts of the world day by day and said that they are rooted in such a situation.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the chief executive referred to the budget law of the new Iranian year (starting March 21) and said that a 10.3 percent boost has been effected in the total expenses of the government.

Ahmadinejad pointed to the government's fundamental policy towards development projects and said that to promote justice, the relevant figure has been increased by 74.2 percent as compared to that predicted based on the government performance in the current year and by 63.4 percent compared to that indicated by the budget bill, which has been ratified by Majlis.

"Thus, the government has reduced its unnecessary expenses and and the budget on formalities and rather allocated more funds to development sector," he added.

The president termed decentralization as one of the axes of justice and said that a 180 percent boost has been effected on the relevant provincial credits as compared to the current year.

Ahmadinejad put the ratio of the provincial credits to the total credits of the current year at 19.8 percent and said that it will be 34 percent in next year's budget.

"The ratio of the total development credits to the budget of the current year stands at 20.6 percent, which is to rise to 31.3 percent in the coming year," concluded the president.

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